How Global warming made an impact on the fishing industry

Scientists have already found out how the gradual increase in air temperature on Earth will affect the glaciers, the level of the oceans and the animals themselves. It turned out that the consequences have already begun, and very frightening — the researchers announced that due to the increase in water temperature, the fish population has significantly decreased. This was reflected in the fishing industry: the income from this business declined, and the residents of those regions have a greater reliance on seafood, the risk to feel the lack of food.

Fishing industry

The study was conducted by experts from Rutgers University: they combined data on fish populations with a map of the rising temperature of the world ocean 1930 to 2010. This allowed them to understand how warming has affected fishing over the past 80 years. It turned out that the number of fish caught decreased from 4% to 35%. The regions most affected are the sea of Japan, the East China sea and the North sea.

We were stunned to find that ocean warming had already affected fisheries around the world. These are not hypothetical changes that will happen sometime in the future, this is what is happening right now.

Malin Pinsky, co-author of the study

The consequences of global warming could affect the world economy and the lives of ordinary people. After all, the fishing industry employs about 56 million workers, and residents of coastal countries are very dependent on seafood. Managers of fisheries have begun to stop over-fishing and to seek ways of restoring populations. Some experts believe that the problem can be solved by establishing new trade relations between the winning and losing regions.

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